Paul’s commitment to Jerusalem and the Torah never wavers, as Luke will make clear next. Paul wants to cross the waters and visit Macedonia and Greece and then go back to Jerusalem and then after that get the gospel to Rome. Missional work involves planning and dreaming and imagining and, frankly, finding crucial centers of missional work.

19:21 Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved [in the Spirit] to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”19:22 So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

A central concern for Gaventa (Acts
) is whether or not “resolved” [NetBible] is more accurate than “resolved in the Spirit of God” [NRSV]. Gaventa thinks the emphasis on Spirit in Acts, the use of the word “Spirit” without “holy” meaning “Holy Spirit” (e.g., 6:10; 8:18, 29 etc) and the lack of emphasis in using “spirit” to refer to humans makes her think Luke means Paul’s plans are anchored in the movement of the Spirit of God. I’m a bit surprised by the NetBible’s translation.